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Materials for Exterior Products

Primary Species: Spanish Cedar: Cedrela Oderata

Distribution: Spanish Cedar occurs from Mexico to Argentina and is found in all countries except Chile. Trees make their best growth on rich, well-drained humid sites but may also compete favorably on drier hillsides; intolerant of water-logged locations.

General Characteristics: Under favorable conditions will reach heights over 100 ft and diameters 3 to 6 ft above the substantial buttresses. Straight cylindrical boles clear for 40 to 60 ft. Heartwood pinkish to reddish brown when freshly cut, becoming red to dark brown, sometimes with a purplish tinge, after exposure; sharply to rather poorly demarcated from the pinkish to white sapwood. Texture is rather fine and uniform to coarse and uneven; grain is usually straight, sometimes interlocked; luster is medium to high and golden; a distinctive cedar odor is usually well pronounced, some specimens with bitter taste.

Working Properties: Spanish Cedar is easy to work with hand and machine tools but somewhat difficult to bore cleanly. Easy to cut into veneer but with some tendency for wooly surfaces to occur; good nailing and gluing properties; stains and finishes well but gums and oils sometimes are a problem in polishing.

Durability: Heartwood is rated as durable but there is some variability with the species; resistant to subterranean and dry-wood termites. Low resistance to attack by marine borers. Wood has excellent weathering characteristics.

Secondary Species

African Mahogany

Honduran Mahogany

Fur

White Oak

Redwood (call for details)

Western Red (call for details)

Materials for Interior Products

Primary Species: American Basswood

Distribution: Basswood trees grow with abundance throughout the eastern half of both Canada and the United States. Basswood prefers moist soil of valleys and uplands, it is usually found disbursed in hardwood forests.

General Characteristics: The sapwood tends to be wide and can very white in color. The heartwood is a creamy white to light tan color, and is not always easily distinguishable from the sapwood. The grain is typically straight, with a fine uniform texture. Basswood is used for Apiary Supplies, Carving, Interior Trim, Food Packaging, Millwork, Mouldings, Novelties, Slack Cooperage, Toys, Venetian Blinds
Working Properties: Basswood is easy to work with hand and machine tools. Machining good, nailing good, gluing good, screwing fair, finishing fair.

Secondary Species

Poplar

Pine

Oak

Walnut

Maple

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